Baseball, signed by the 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers

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Object Details

recipient

Fitzgerald, Ella

Description

Baseball signed by the 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers. That season the Dodgers finished 79-83, 3rd in the National League West. The ball was collected by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), who was also an avid baseball fan.

Autographs include Dusty Baker; Steve Yeager; Burt Hooton; Von Joshua; Bill Russell; Johnny Oates; Don Sutton; Pedro Guererro; Steve Garvey.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

date made

ca 1979

ID Number

1996.0342.108

accession number

1996.0342

catalog number

1996.0342.108

Object Name

baseball

autographed baseball

Physical Description

cork (overall material)

yarn (overall material)

leather (overall material)

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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

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Autographed Baseballs

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Musicians

Blacks

Baseball

African American

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-45fd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1190870